A rather remarkable case came once hefore the Sheriff of Perthshire. A farmer near Auchterarder had sold a cow to
a person near Perth, and the buyer summoned the farmer in order to recover damages, seeing that he had given false information about the cow.

“I asked him,” said the plaintiff, “if she was a good milker.”

“And what was his reply?” asked the sheriff.

He said, “She’ll astonish you. I took her home, but she has not produced a single drop of milk.”

‘‘Well,” said the sheriff; “I rather think she has astonished you.”

He had to retain possession of his astonishing cow.